It had a simple set and minimal production values. As a host, it employed an ordained Presbyterian minister whose flashiest move was changing into a cardigan sweater. A likely candidate for legendary television success \u201cMister Rogers’ Neighborhood\u201d was not.<\/p>\n
Yet for more than 30 years, Fred Rogers’ Pittsburgh-based public television half-hour was a small-screen powerhouse, entrancing generations of wee fans and even influencing public policy. Not bad for a man who believed \u201clove is at the root of everything … love or the lack of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Rogers died in 2003 at age 74, the excellent “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is the first documentary on him, and Morgan Neville is the ideal filmmaker to do the job.<\/p>\n
A documentary veteran who won the Oscar for the entrancing \u201cTwenty Feet From Stardom,\u201d Neville is an experienced professional who knows what questions to ask and, working with editors Jeff Malmberg and Aaron Wickenden, how to assemble the answers.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n "Won\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?" Review: The documentary that shows how Mister Rogers made goodness desirable https:\/\/t.co\/oTbDGhpYLs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/AUTe7XWKfR<\/a><\/p>\n — LAT Entertainment (@latimesent) June 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n